Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 October 2018
226. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2018 areas of natural constraint will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40124/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAn application under the 2018 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 2 April 2018.
Under 2018 Area of Natural Constraint Scheme, all eligible applicants are required to have met a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units for a retention period of seven consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the twelve months of the scheme year. Stocking density can be satisfied by cattle, sheep, goats, deer and equines. My Department's records confirm that, while the person named had stock on his holding in 2018, he has failed to meet the minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units per hectare required for a period of seven consecutive months.
